13,000 Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants Get Date to Vote on Union
31st March 2008
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Loading ...The National Mediation Board (NMB) set April 23–June 3, 2008, for the mail/telephone ballot elections in which 13,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants will vote on whether to join a union, and more from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
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AFA-CWA, Delta Air Lines: The National Mediation Board (NMB) notified the 13,000 Delta Air Lines flight attendants and the company that the voting period for a union election is scheduled for April 23–June 3, 2008. On March 18, the NMB notified the of Flight Attendants (AFA), an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), that it authorized a mail/telephone ballot union representation vote, but at that time did not specify dates for a voting period. Delta management responded to the news by sending a written statement to its attendants asserting they would be better off without a union.